walterbays
Retired software engineer. San Diego. Pro democracy. Pro Ukraine. Music, travel, books, genealogy, cats.
Joined Nov 2022
@LnzyHou Shouldn't you at least go to the entrance to check all the men coming in to make sure they're wearing bras?😉
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FYI & 👀 only 😆 #EuVrsDisinfo
EUvsDisinfo Database – the only public, searchable, open-source repository of its kind, tirelessly collecting and archiving examples of pro-Kremlin disinformation
https://euvsdisinfo.eu/disinformation-cases/
The Database allows the public to follow how disinformation develops, travels, mutates and becomes interlinked with political dynamics and how it sometimes starts by itself or amplifies existing issues.
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"I never said he was a moron. I said he was a fucking moron".
~ Former Trump Sec State Rex Tillerson
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...This interesting intelligent person clearly doesn't regard themselves so highly. I thought that occasional (infrequent) engagement with their musings might help them accept that others could see and value their worth. But that's met with personal attacks. Not to the level of reportable abuse, but I don't need the aggravation. My well intentioned words sure don't help the person - quite the opposite. So, time to just stop reading what they write. Done. Easy.
I've been on CoSo many months and for the first time had to unfollow someone. This contrasts to Xitter which, when I had an account, required constant blocking of trolls and bots. I select people to follow because they provide interesting information and insights, so I keep following whether or not I agree with them.
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Opinion The Hunter Biden and Trump trials were a litmus test. Only the Bidens passed. #politics
@Alfred Can you make me a picture of Trump doing trash pickup service?
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@YouInMyEye @walterbays @MidnightRider @danielbsmith @LnzyHou @ReneeVoiceBrand
How do we fight psychological propaganda.
Example: Todays headline: Trump speaks at largest church in Detroit seaking to expand his African American. I was disappointed and saddened at the headline and article. It had no pictures.
Later I come across a photo of the event in which there are few people of color at the event. No one from the congregation attended, not even the pastor. THAT wasnt reported.
Celebrate #caturday by peeking around a corner at your cat. What could go wrong?😉
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I have seen that several CoSo folks are in dire straits financially and are at risk of losing their housing imminently or in the nearer future.
My capacity to help waxes and wanes, despite the true wish to liberate everyone in such circumstances from their terrible stress and uncertainty.
Saying nothing feels callous in the presence of such immense problems
and saying I'm sorry feels woefully inadequate.
I see your worry. You are not invisible. There is care for your suffering.
🙏 💜
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"When I see a bird that walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck. A bump-stock-equipped semiautomatic rifle fires 'automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.' §5845(b). Because I, like Congress, call that a machine gun, I respectfully dissent." Excerpt from the Dissent. Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson (starts on p.25) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-976_e29g.pdf
@Alfred Can you make me a picture of a golden shitweasel?
Meanwhile the (utility company controlled) CPUC continued its mission to eradicate distributed solar. First it made rooftop solar uneconomic with NEM3 to be "fair" to lower income households. Now it cuts off low income households' ability to join into community solar. Require that only generation costs (well under half the total) be considered, and transmission costs (the bigger part) be ignored. Transmission costs = utility profits.
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/06/12/california-public-utilities-commission-crushes-community-solar-with-latest-monopolistic-play/
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“Weeks after he was convicted of 34 felony counts in his hush-money trial, Donald Trump confessed to having a gun—which would be illegal with his felony conviction.” - Yahoo News
So Hunter Biden just got convicted for having a gun for 11 DAYS as a drug user. And Trump, a convicted FELON, has illegally had a gun for longer than that (12 days and counting).
Tell me - is there equal Justice for all in America? wtf?
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If Hunter Biden was anyone else, he wouldn't have been on trial.
If Donald Trump was anyone else, he'd be flat broke and in jail for life.
@OurShallowState
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A quick reminder for everyone new to following me that, hi!, I write books. You might like them. My brand is Murder With A Happy Ending and Romance With A Body Count.
Please enjoy my books.
All council members castigated SDG&E but then voted for them. Labor unions and their campaign contributions were the deciding factor. The big mistake Power San Diego made was not consulting the unions as they drafted the initiative, allaying their fears of union busting.
It wasn't fully thought through. But utility shills are laughable crying about the huge costs of a public utility. One billion $ to invest rather than profit and exec bonuses.
#sandiego council refused to put the power referendum on the ballot. The session was 2 hours late, as first they met in closed session to agree on what they were going to do and on political cover. Also they got many citizens to give up and go away, not speak. Those who did spoke forcefully and council sympathized with their views. Verbally only.
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/city-council-rejects-power-san-diego-proposal/
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This is our reality.
We must change it.
We CAN change it.
But people need to assure people understand that SCOTUS is not our friend and wants to assure that we are not just returned to the 1950’s, but that our hard won rights are eliminated (and yes, they do have the power to do so).
This is why we need to re-elect Biden.
Our fundamental liberties are on the line.
walterbays
Retired software engineer. San Diego. Pro democracy. Pro Ukraine. Music, travel, books, genealogy, cats.
Joined Nov 2022